pwillie
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What is your opinion of the H&K 9mm pistole?....is it worth the difference in cost?...Second choice?...Hi Cap mags etc...??
Heck, I've seen comments the USP is over-kill in 9mm. The Mark 23 is outsized as a .45 Auto shooter and would be a huge 9mm gun.If only they made a version of the Mark 23 chambered in 9mm !
What is your opinion of the H&K 9mm pistole?....is it worth the difference in cost?..
Why do you struggle with spelling so much.
Or he/she is referring to the Volks Pistole or VP Series. Which would be correct.
Heck, I've seen comments the USP is over-kill in 9mm. The Mark 23 is outsized as a .45 Auto shooter and would be a huge 9mm gun.
Correct.The USP was designed around .40 S&W first then rechambered for 9mmP. At the time most of the .40 pistols were 9mm guns that were just rechambered for .40 and lifetime was a severe problem.
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OTOH, the VP’s grip is adaptable while with the USP you get what you get. If it doesn’t fit you’re out of luck. I run a small backstrap, with a small and medium side plate. You can’t do that with a USP.
That's what I was thinking. I've got several brands of pistols but all of my carries are H&K's, Never had a problem with any of them.They make a lot of different handguns.. Might want to be more specific about the model you're interested in.
Correct.
The downside of the USP, to me at least, is while HK has an enviable record of quality magazines, the only guns they still make with the polymer mags are the full size USP 9mm and .40 S&W guns. The USP Compact (all calibers), and USP .45 models (all sizes), and all subsequent pistols from HK have metal mags. The polymer mags may be great, but if HK thought they were such a good idea, I'd think they would have used them in another model, but they haven't.
If I were issued a full size HK USP 9mm or .40 S&W, I probably wouldn't lose sleep over mags catastrophically failing, but if I'm buying my own gun, with my own money, I probably wouldn't pick that feature, especially since HK has other options.
I certainly like mine but I can't keep it! Or, the 30 round HK mag I ordered!If your talking about the VP9 then I like it a lot! Very ergonomic design with the grip frame having interchangeable panels and backstraps that allow you to custom fit the gun to your particular hand size. Sights are great, very easy to pick up, and the trigger is one of nicest ones I have encountered on a striker fired pistol.
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The Mark 23 is outsized as a .45 Auto shooter and would be a huge 9mm gun.
the only guns they still make with the polymer mags are the full size USP 9mm and .40 S&W guns.